1. The Coin Jar Mystery

2. The Problem Tyler's Hardware store is having a contest to guess the the number of coins in a jar. To be entered in a drawing for a free IPOD the entry must contain both the exact number of coins in the jar and the exact number of each type of coin. Mr. Tyler has provided several clues to help you guess the correct answer. Can you solve the mystery?

3. The Clues There are 23 more pennies than nickels. = 23 +

4. The Clues There are 23 more pennies than nickels. There are 3 times as many quarters as nickels. = 3 x

5. The Clues There are 23 more pennies than nickels. There are 3 times as many quarters as nickels. There are 1/3 fewer dimes than quarters. = 2/3 x

6. The Clues There are 23 more pennies than nickels. There are 3 times as many quarters as nickels. There are 1/3 fewer dimes than quarters. There is $45.78 in the jar.

7. How Can I Solve? Get in your quads and talk about what strategies you might use to solve this problem.

8. How Can I Solve? Possible Strategy Create a Table QuartersNickelsDimesPennies ????

9. How Can I Solve? Possible Strategy Create an Equation y =3x + 7

10. How Can I Solve? Possible Strategy Guess and Check 28? 50? 75? 15? 7?

11. Solve by Creating a Table Create a table using Excel

12. Working in Excel Excel Demo By Danny Rocks Excel

13. Nick’s Batting Average Nick wants top keep track of his batting average and on base percentage throughout the season. So he created an Excel spreadsheet to handle the computations.

14. Nick’s Statistics 1/3 of the way through the season Nick has the following stats. 28 at bats 11 hits 7 walks

15. Nicks Batting Average

16. To Find Batting Average Formula Bar =B6/A6

17. To Find On Base Percentage Formula Bar = (B6+C6)/A6

18. Working in Excel Basics part 2part

19. The Problem Tyler's Hardware store is having a contest to guess the the number of coins in a jar. To be entered in a drawing for a free IPOD the entry must contain both the exact number of coins in the jar and the exact number of each type of coin. Mr. Tyler has provided several clues to help you guess the correct answer. Can you solve the mystery?

20. Review The Clues There are 23 more pennies than nickels. There are 3 times as many quarters as nickels. There are 1/3 fewer dimes than quarters. There is $45.78 in the jar.

21. Getting Started Set Up Columns Create a column for number of quarters. Create a column for value of quarters.

22. Getting Started Set Up Columns Create a column for number of quarters. Create a column for value of quarters. Create a column for number of dimes. Create a column for value of dimes.

23. Getting Started Set Up Columns Create a column for number of quarters. Create a column for value of quarters. Create a column for number of dimes. Create a column for value of dimes. Create a column for number of nickels. Create a column for value of nickels.

24. Getting Started Set Up Columns Create a column for number of quarters. Create a column for value of quarters. Create a column for number of dimes. Create a column for value of dimes. Create a column for number of nickels. Create a column for value of nickels. Create a column for number of pennies. Create a column for value of pennies.

25. Final 2 Columns Create a column for total number of coins.

26. Final 2 Columns Create a column for total number of coins. Create a column for total value of coins.

27. Set Up Columns

28. Final Steps Set up Formulas To calculate value of quarters.

29. Final Steps Set up Formulas To calculate value of quarters. To calculate value of dimes.

30. Final Steps Set up Formulas to calculate value of quarters. to calculate value of dimes. to calculate value of nickels.

31. Final Steps Set up Formulas to calculate value of quarters. to calculate value of dimes. to calculate value of nickels. to calculate value of pennies.

32. Final Steps Set up Formulas to calculate value of quarters. to calculate value of dimes. to calculate value of nickels. to calculate value of pennies. to calculate total number of coins.

33. Final Steps Set up Formulas to calculate value of quarters. to calculate value of dimes. to calculate value of nickels. to calculate value of pennies. to calculate total number of coins. to calculate total value of coins.